About heading off another Obama fold.
After all, when Pelosi began her career, Democrats were still Democrats. (Where is Tallulah Bankhead when we need her?)
And so I suppose I was wrong in my earlier read on what she was up to. But given the willingness of elected Democrats to abandon the Party’s core platform and the achievements that have gotten them elected, Pelosi herself may indeed have been wavering.
But she knows she is dealing with the most capitulatory Demoratic president in recent memory, and a cut in Medicaire eligibility will not only send America’s seniors “over a cliff” as she says, but the Democratic Party as well.
Brian Beutler at Talkingpointsmemo.com describes her words as a ”a subtle warning” to the Republican guy and the kinda-sorta guy. Because we all know what happened the last time they got together in a room alone. . .